{"id":13935,"date":"2017-01-31T21:12:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginaisladepascua.com\/en\/?page_id=13935"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T12:04:34","slug":"holy-cross-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/holy-cross-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cross Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Holy Cross Church<\/h1>\n<figure>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Iglesia-Santa-Cruz-Hanga-Roa-Isla-de-Pascua02.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"custom_html-13\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"content-box-redes-sociales\"><div class=\"addtoany_shortcode\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\"><a class=\"a2a_button_whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/whatsapp?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"WhatsApp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_x\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/x?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"X\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<p>The only Catholic church on <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/\">Easter Island<\/a> is located at the end of <strong>Te Pito or Te Henua Street<\/strong>. It is the <strong>parish of the Holy Cross<\/strong> (Parroquia de la Santa Cruz) founded as such in December 1937 and had as its first parish priest <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/easter-island-museum\/\">Father Sebastian Englert<\/a>, an essential figure in the study of the customs, language and history of the island.<\/p>\n\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"text-8\" class=\"widget widget_text widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.7em; color: #c4c4c4; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">ADVERTISING<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"anuncio\">\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9974337153208599\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Banner_Central Rapa Nui -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9974337153208599\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4035446418\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<h2>Religious syncretism<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Iglesia-Santa-Cruz-Hanga-Roa-Isla-de-Pascua03.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christian and Rapa Nui motives alternate in the facade of Holy Cross church\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian and Rapa Nui motives alternate in the facade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The church of the Holy Cross, together with the cemetery, offers a palpable sample of the religious syncretism that is lived on Easter Island. The first vision, of the mixture between the Catholic symbolism and the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/easter-island-mystery\/\">mythology of Rapa Nui<\/a>, can be seen in its main fa\u00e7ade. In the horizontal beam there are reliefs with Christian motifs, such as the tables of Moses, the keys of paradise or a pair of angels that point to the divine eye. On the other hand, on the columns are reliefs of fish, figures of the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/tangata-manu-the-easter-island-birdman\/\">Tangata Manu<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-animals\/\">manutara<\/a>, or symbols of the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/rongorongo\/\">Rongo Rongo writing<\/a>, all of them belonging to the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/\">Rapa Nui culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"text-47\" class=\"widget widget_text widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.7em; color: #c4c4c4; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">ADVERTISING<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"anuncio\">\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9974337153208599\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Banner_Central Rapa Nui -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9974337153208599\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4035446418\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<h2>Unique carvings<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/San-Francisco-de-Asis-Iglesia-Santa-Cruz-Hanga-Roa-Isla-de-Pascua.jpg?resize=601%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detail of Saint Francis of Assisi face\" width=\"601\" height=\"900\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of Saint Francis of Assisi face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the interior, which has little architectural value since it is no more than a simple diaphanous nave, the striking figures that adorn it attract attention. To the left of the entrance there is a carving of the <strong>archangel Saint Michael<\/strong> and a <strong>singular Saint Francis of Assisi<\/strong>, arms outstretched, both with a hieratic countenance reminiscent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/moai-easter-island-statues\/\">moai<\/a>. A little further on is the baptismal font, whose base represents a rapanui divinity and its upper part is ornamented with Rongo Rongo symbols.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pila-bautismal-Iglesia-Santa-Cruz-Hanga-Roa-Isla-de-Pascua.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baptismal font with Rongo Rongo symbols\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baptismal font with Rongo Rongo symbols<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the left extreme, a <strong>Sacred Heart<\/strong> stands out whose sinister face resembles that of the <strong>moai kava kava<\/strong> and its chest is decorated with a <strong>rei miro<\/strong> (adornment in the form of a crescent that hung the heads on the chest and that is the main symbol of the Rapa Nui flag). At its side, there is an original shrine made with a trunk carved with vegetal motifs.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0344.jpg?resize=600%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Greater altar with the tabernacle on the left\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater altar with the tabernacle on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The simple main altar is presided over by <strong>Christ crucified<\/strong>, wearing a headdress made with shells and fish bones, on a cross of volcanic stone. The rapanui motif is found here in the effigy of the creator <strong>god Make-Make<\/strong> on the wooden candlestick that holds the candle of the altar.<\/p>\n<p>To the right of the main altar is the altar dedicated to <strong>Santa Maria de Rapa Nui<\/strong> (Our Lady of Rapa Nui), patroness and protector of Easter Island. This invocation of the virgin is represented in a wood carving from a trunk miro tahiti. It is considered as the first Christian image carved on the island, made in 1970 by local artisans.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/061.jpg?resize=601%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Santa Mar\u00eda de Rapa Nui\" width=\"601\" height=\"900\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Mar\u00eda de Rapa Nui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His posture and proportions imitate the moai and his face to <strong>Make-Make<\/strong>, supreme divinity of ancient rapanui people. The folds of the mantle look like wings and on its head it carries a crown of shells topped by the figure of a manutara bird. The image carries the Jesus Child in his left arm. Her eyes that are made of fish shell with pupils of obsidian, project their &#8220;mana&#8221; or spiritual power on the town of Rapa Nui.<\/p>\n<p>An image of Santa Rosa de Lima, a Holy Family and a Holy Spirit complete the collection of wooden sculptures of the parish, all with the same aesthetic as the previous ones.<\/p>\n<p>Back outside, on the right side of the parish are the tombs of <strong>Father Sebasti\u00e1n Englert<\/strong>, a missionary who did so much to know and spread the Rapa Nui culture, <strong>Eugenio Eyraud<\/strong>, a pioneer missionary who came to the island in 1864, the catechist rapanui <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Pakarati<\/strong> in charge of evangelizing the island for 40 years and <strong>Maria Angata<\/strong>, the prophetess who revealed against the injustices of the cattle company Williamson Balfour in 1915.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tumbas-Iglesia-Santa-Cruz-Hanga-Roa-Isla-de-Pascua1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tombs of Sebastian Englert, Eugenio Eyraud, Nicol\u00e1s Pakarati and Mar\u00eda Angata\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tombs of Sebastian Englert, Eugenio Eyraud, Nicol\u00e1s Pakarati and Mar\u00eda Angata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On January 3, 2014, a thanksgiving Mass was celebrated in the parish of the Holy Cross for the 150th anniversary of the beginning of evangelization on the island. That same date in 1864 Eugenio Eyraud, belonging to the order of the Sacred Hearts, &nbsp;arrived for the first time. Due to this celebration and due to the poor state of conservation of the current building, a project has been commissioned to remodel the church in order to serve better to the faithful isanders and make it an important landmark of the island.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"A-different-mass\">A different mass<\/h2>\n<p>The church offers several masses a week but it is advisable <strong>not to miss the first mass on Sunday<\/strong>, attended by most of the islanders dressed in their finest. Although the liturgy is in Spanish, all the songs are in <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/rapa-nui-language\/\">Rapanui language<\/a> and can be followed thanks to a projection they make on the wall of the main altar, as a karaoke. The tourists, as long as they are respectful, are invited to share this special encounter with the rapanui community.<\/p>\n<h4>Attention hours of Parish office<\/h4>\n<p>Monday to Friday: 9:00 a 13:00 y 16:00 a 19:00 hrs.<br \/>\nParish priest: Bernardo Astudillo Basulto<br \/>\nPhone: +56322100357<\/p>\n<h4>Mass timetable<\/h4>\n<p>Monday to Friday: 19:00 hrs.<br \/>\nSunday:&nbsp;9:00, 11:00 y 20:00 hrs.<\/p>\n<h2>How to get to the Holy Cross Church<\/h2>\n<p>Address: Te Pito O Te Nua&nbsp;s\/n<\/p>\n<h2>Location Map<\/h2>\n\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"text-15\" class=\"widget widget_text widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.7em; color: #c4c4c4; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">ADVERTISING<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"anuncio_the_moneytizer\" id=\"83795-19\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 30px;\"><script src=\"\/\/ads.themoneytizer.com\/s\/gen.js?type=19\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/ads.themoneytizer.com\/s\/requestform.js?siteId=83795&formatId=19\"><\/script><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<h2>Nearby places<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lugares-cercanos\">\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/easter-island-botanic-garden\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-rounded alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0228-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tau Kiani Botanic Garden\"><\/p>\n<p>Tau Kiani Botanic Garden<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/crafts-market\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-rounded alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mercado-artesanal-hanga-roa-isla-de-pascua2-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crafts Market\"><\/p>\n<p>Crafts Market<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/hanga-roa-otai\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-rounded alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imaginarapanui.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/021-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hanga Roa Otai\"><\/p>\n<p>Hanga Roa Otai<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>You may also like<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tepuedeinteresar\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/easter-island-museum\/\">Sebastian Englert Museum<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/easter-island-cemetery\/\">Tahai Cemetery<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/rapa-nui-culture\/rapa-nui-religion-and-beliefs\/\">Rapa Nui Religion and beliefs<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"custom_html-13\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"content-box-redes-sociales\"><div class=\"addtoany_shortcode\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\"><a class=\"a2a_button_whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/whatsapp?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"WhatsApp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_x\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/x?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"X\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=&amp;linkname=\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Cross Church The only Catholic church on Easter Island is located at the end of Te Pito or Te Henua Street. It is the parish of the Holy Cross (Parroquia de la Santa Cruz) founded as such in &#8230; <a title=\"Holy Cross Church\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/easter-island-sightseeing\/hanga-roa\/holy-cross-church\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Holy Cross Church\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18750,"parent":760,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bos_mb_destination":[""],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13935","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","no-featured-image-padding"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13935"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24741,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13935\/revisions\/24741"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarapanui.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}